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straight to your inboxManchester United great Paul Scholes believes Manchester United should prioritise strengthening their striking department over signing Jadon Sancho.The Borussia Dortmund winger is firmly established as United's prime target ahead of the 2020/21 season but negotiations with the Bundesliga side are proving to be difficult due to their hefty asking price.

at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Mengi was pictured with the number on his training kit.

here“It’s younger people now, and not ill enough to be in hospital,” they said of those testing positive.Senior figures hope that the move to a major incident will be enough to avoid a Leicester-style full-on lockdown of the economy, which can only be implemented by the health secretary.Several said that was not currently on the horizon, but conceded it would depend on how the picture plays out.“If the situation worsens, then clearly other measures will have to be urgently considered,” said

despite Greater Manchester's rising infection rates.The Prime Minister has said that shielding will still end this weekend despite the local lockdown - for everyone except those in Blackburn or Darwen and other high risk areas of the country. But people in Greater Manchester who have been shielding told the Manchester Evening News they would either continue as they were - or venture out reluctantly only because they no longer have the Government's protection and have to go to work.

straight to your inboxInter confirm fees paid for United players Italian club Inter Milan have confirmed the fees paid to Manchester United for the transfers of Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young. The Milan giants paid a club-record €74.162 million (around £66.75m) to land Belgian striker Lukaku while they shelled out a further €1.729m (£1.55m) to land Young in January.

straight to your inboxIt has undoubtedly been a standout campaign for Manchester United teenager Mason Greenwood, who is on 17 goals and counting across all competitions this season.

straight to your inboxWhen Leroy Sane left Manchester City, Kyle Walker and Raheem Sterling will have both felt they had more of a claim to be Manchester City's fastest player.In a long-running debate between the trio over which player is fastest, there have been sprint races in training and plenty of social media posts between the players on the subject.However, now Walker and Sterling have a definite answer, as the list of the top ten fastest players in the Premier League for the 2019/20

hereUnlike Oldham, Stockport's infection rate has been consistently among the lowest in Greater Manchester since Andy Burnham began giving weekly updates.But the council says that, while the borough's infection rate continues to be ‘well below’ many other areas, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of cases within the 18 to 25 age group.Public health bosses admit this is a ‘growing concern’, although it does not appear to be limited to any particular district or neighbourhood.People

straight to your inbox Bruno Fernandes praised Manchester United teammate Jesse Lingard for his hard work and said that his goal against Leicester City is exactly what he deserved. It's been a tough season for Lingard as he has struggled for form and lost his place in the starting XI, playing just 122 minutes of Premier League football in 2020.

straight to your inbox Alan Shearer hailed Bruno Fernandes as the key difference for Manchester United after Champions League football was secured on the final day of the Premier League season. The 2019-20 campaign was a tale of two halves for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, with the club's form improving significantly after Fernandes' arrival from Sporting Lisbon in the January transfer window.

straight to your inboxDavid de GeaUnconvincing again in dealing with a couple of shots from Kelechi Iheanacho and Yourie Tielemans. Kept a clean sheet.

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Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young.United initially allowed both Sanchez and Chris Smalling, who is with Roma, to extend their loan deals in Serie A until August 7th because of the rescheduled Italian season, following the coronavirus pandemic. But if Inter overcome Getafe in the Europa League last 16, they could face knockout games after that date.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand has urged Manchester City not to worry ahead of their Champions League tie with Real Madrid.City were knocked out of the FA Cup with a shock 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in which they struggled to open their opponents up too much.It means City have just the Champions League left to play for this season having already won the Carabao Cup.City are set to face Real next month and lead 2-1 from the first leg back in February.Yet Real have won 10 out of 10 since football

Marcus Rashford is to be given an honorary degree from the University of Manchester it has been announced today. Aged just 22 the Manchester United star will become the youngest person ever to awarded an honorary doctorate, the highest honour the University can bestow.